April 18, 2009 Security officer shot during robbery www.privateofficer.com
A security guard was shot during a robbery Friday at Corner Market at 497 E. Alisal St. in Salinas.
The security officer, whose name has not been released, was airlifted to a Bay Area hospital for surgery. He is reported to be in serious condition.
According to Salinas police, two men entered the market about 4:30 p.m. One struck the 49-year-old victim, knocking him to the floor. Once the guard was on the floor, the attacker fired a shot into his upper torso. After the shooting, the perpetrators went on to rob the market. Then both ran out toward Kings Street where they entered a waiting vehicle, a gold Ford Expedition, said Salinas police Cmdr. Trevor Iida. The vehicle was last seen heading west bound on East Market St. There are no arrests yet in the case.
Police responded in mass – at least a dozen units – to the market at the corner of Madeira and Alisal streets. They questioned people who had been in the store at the time of the shooting.
The store is popular with nearby workers for lunch, sodas and check cashing, customers said. Gloria Garcia, who works around the corner, said she had been in the market earlier in the day to cash a check.
“Everything seemed fine,” she said as she watched the police work in front of the brown one-story building with a red brick faßade.
“Everyone is always very nice,” she said. “To think that it could have been me, or anyone. The place is always so busy.”
The store had a security guard who was always out front. “He’d check to make sure that everyone who went in came out,” Garcia said. Normally he paced around the door.
Down Madeira Street from the market, police briefly hung yellow crime scene tape around a beige home. The victim had run there after the shooting to seek help.
From there, paramedics took a man on gurney and placed him into an ambulance. He was conscious and speaking to emergency workers. About 15 minutes later, police took down the tape around the house and expanded the closed area around the shop, forcing reporters and passersby to the side of the road without answering questions.
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